He's drinking coffee and sitting in front of abstract art. Do you think he's, like, talking about the meaning of life or something? College!

You know you feel this way all the time too, or at least you did when you were a teenager.

Been there, Conor. Been. There.

The "way too introspective" kind of sensitive.

Possibly ever! Bright Eyes was the sole project of Oberst before getting a full band. He remains the only consistant member. If you can name someone else in Bright Eyes, you are probably a better person than most.

He fronts the one band teens and critics can agree on.

Especially if you're fifteen and have no idea who Leonard Cohen is.

Example:

Now a mother takes loans out, sends her kids off to colleges.

Her family's reduced to names on a shopping list.

While, a coroner kneels beneath a great, wooden crucifix.

He knows there's worse things than being alone.

And so I've learned to retreat at the first sign of danger.

I mean, why wait around, if it's just to surrender?

An ambition, I've found, can lead only to failure.

I do not read the reviews.

No, I am not singing for you.

- Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love or To be Loved)